knapplc Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Watching the 2018 Michigan State game again over the weekend and seeing #8 Stanley Morgan, Jr. play reminded me of another great #8 - Ameer Abdullah. And that got me to thinking - who's the best player to wear their number at Nebraska? So I looked through some old rosters and came up with a few examples, but I only made it so far before I realized this would be better as a group project. And it's the offseason, so what else are you going to do between stories of players getting busted for weed? So here's your options. Offense first. Tons of blanks, so post your suggestions if you got 'em. Offense (players listed in no particular order) 0 1 Lawrence Phillips Jordan Westerkamp 2 3 Taylor Martinez 4 Tommy Armstrong Corey Ross 5 Marlon Lucky 6 7 Eric Crouch Scott Frost 8 Ameer Abdullah Stanley Morgan, Jr. 9 10 Roy Helu 11 Matt Herrian 12 Turner Gill Joe Ganz Bobby Newcombe Jarvis Redwine 13 Zac Taylor 14 Jerry Tagge 15 Tommie Frazier Vince Ferragamo 16 17 18 Brook Berringer 19 20 Johnny Rodgers 21 Roger Craig 22 Rex Burkhead 23 24 25 26 Tom Rathman Josh Brown 27 Irving Fryar 28 29 30 Mike Rozier Ahman Green 31 32 I.M. Hipp Ken Clark 33 34 35 Jeff Kinney Kris Brown 36 37 Sam Koch 38 39 40 Cory Schlesinger 41 42 43 44 Calvin Jones 45 Joel Makovicka 46 47 48 49 Bobby Reynolds 50 Dave Rimington 51 52 53 54 Aaron Graham Dominic Raiola 55 56 Rob Zatechka 57 58 59 60 Tom Novak 61 62 63 64 Bob Brown 65 66 Brenden Stai 67 Aaron Taylor 68 69 70 Matt Slauson 71 Dean Steinkuhler 72 Daryl White Zach Wiegert 73 74 75 Bob Newton Will Shields 76 Joel Wilks 77 78 79 80 Kenny Bell 81 82 83 84 85 86 Johnny Mitchell 87 Nate Swift 88 89 Junior Miller 90 Alex Henery 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Defense 0 1 2 3 Keyou Craver 4 Lavonte David 5 Dejuan Groce 6 7 Maliek Collins Dejon Gomes 8 9 Tony Veland 10 Mike Minter 11 12 13 14 Barron Miles 15 Alfonzo Dennard 16 17 18 19 Kyle Larson 20 Michael Booker Josh Bullocks 21 Mike Brown 22 Ralph Brown 23 24 25 Nate Gerry 26 27 28 Eric Hagg 29 30 31 32 Ed Stewart 33 34 Trev Alberts 35 36 Correll Buckhalter 37 38 Barrett Ruud Dan Alexander 39 40 41 Marc Munford 42 Jerry Murtaugh 43 Terrell Farley 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Jason Peter 56 57 Chad Kelsey Kenny Walker 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Wayne Meylan 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Larry Jacobson 76 77 78 79 Rich Glover 80 81 Willie Harper 82 . 83 84 Mike Rucker 85 86 87 88 89 Broderick Thomas 90 John Dutton 91 92 93 Ndamukong Suh Jared Tomich 94 95 96 97 98 Grant Wistrom Vincent Valentine 99 Neil Smith Also, here's a list of some notable Huskers from years past. Some are already listed here. All-Americans from Husker Record Book Rik Bonness, Center (1974-75)*# Marvin Crenshaw, Offensive Tackle (1974)* Dave Humm, Quarterback (1974) Bob Martin, Defensive End (1975) Wonder Monds, Defensive Back (1975) Dave Butterfield, Defensive Back (1976) Mike Fultz, Defensive Tackle (1976) Vince Ferragamo, Quarterback (1976) Tom Davis, Center (1977) Kelvin Clark, Offensive Tackle (1978)* George Andrews, Defensive End (1978) Junior Miller, Tight End (1979)*# Derrie Nelson, Defensive End (1980) Jarvis Redwine, I-Back (1980)* Randy Schleusener, Offensive Guard (1980)* Jimmy Williams, Defensive End (1981) Dave Rimington, Center (1981-82)**## Mike Rozier, I-Back (1982-83)**# Irving Fryar, Wingback (1983)*# Dean Steinkuhler, Offensive Guard (1983)* Bret Clark, Safety (1984) Harry Grimminger, Offensive Guard (1984) Mark Traynowicz, Center (1984)*# Bill Lewis, Center (1985) Jim Skow, Defensive Tackle (1985) Danny Noonan, Middle Guard (1986)*# John McCormick, Offensive Guard (1987) Neil Smith, Defensive Tackle (1987) Steve Taylor, Quarterback (1987) • Broderick Thomas, Outside Linebacker (1987-88)*# Jake Young, Center (1988-89)** Doug Glaser, Offensive Tackle (1989) Kenny Walker, Defensive Tackle (1990) Travis Hill, Outside Linebacker (1992) Will Shields, Offensive Guard (1992)*# Trev Alberts, Outside Linebacker (1993)*# Brendan Stai, Offensive Guard (1994)* Ed Stewart, Linebacker (1994) Zach Wiegert, Offensive Tackle (1994)*# Tommie Frazier, Quarterback (1995)* Aaron Graham, Center (1995) Jared Tomich, Rush End (1995-96) Aaron Taylor, Center (1996); Guard (1997)**# Grant Wistrom, Rush End (1996-97)** Jason Peter, Defensive Tackle (1997)* Mike Brown, Defensive Back (1999) Ralph Brown, Defensive Back (1999) Russ Hochstein, Offensive Guard (2000) Carlos Polk, Linebacker (2000) Dominic Raiola, Center (2000)* Keyuo Craver, Defensive Back (2001) Eric Crouch, Quarterback (2001)* Toniu Fonoti, Offensive Guard (2001)* DeJuan Groce, Kick Returner (2002) Josh Bullocks, Defensive Back (2003) Kyle Larson, Punter (2003) Ndamukong Suh, Defensive Tackle (2009)*# Prince Amukamara, Defensive Back (2010)*# Alex Henery, Place Kicker (2010) Lavonte David, Linebacker (2011) 1 Quote Link to comment
broganreynik Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 Adrian Martinez. Mickey Joseph 6 Keith Jones 9 Steve Taylor 19 Kyle Larson. Bruce Mathison 24 Niles Paul 25 Tony Davis Herman Rohrig. 28 Jeff Smith 33 Tyrone Hughes. Forrest Behm. 34 Raymond Richards 36 Correll Buckhalter 38 Sam Francis 39 Andra Franklin Bernard Masterson 41 Charles Toogood 42 George Sauer 46 Maury Damkroger 51 Mick Tingelhoff 53 Hugh Rhea 59 Allen Zikmund 62 Stan Waldemore 65 Keith Wortman 68 Bill Lewis. John Kirby 69 LaVerne Torczon 73 Kelvin Clark. Robert Pickens 74 Bob Newton 77 Ed Husmann 78 Ron McDole 80 Jamie Williams 84 Tony Jeter 3 Keyou Craver Fabian Washington 5 Dejuan Groce 8 Tyrone Williams 13 Carlos Polk 27 Joe Blahak 37 Monte Johnson. Ken Geddes 40 Pat Fischer 45 Tom Ruud 46 Doug Colman 57 Bob Nelson 65 Oudius Lee 77 Walter Barnes 88 Mike Croel 92 Derrie Nelson 94 Jared Crick 96 George Andrews Jim Skow Jimmy Williams 97 Danny Noonan. Toby Williams. Bill Barnett 2 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, broganreynik said: (psst... drop the ‘e’ on Brook) Doh! Done! I wonder if it's a little early for 2AM. He's only going to be a Sophomore. Quote Link to comment
broganreynik Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, knapplc said: Doh! Done! I wonder if it's a little early for 2AM. He's only going to be a Sophomore. Maybe it’s a little early. His only season was pretty historic though. Mickey Joseph is another candidate. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 No love for special teams? Quote Link to comment
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